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Cross-Column Pull-Outs

Cross-Column Pull-Outs 12/22/2004 01:07 AM
Print designers like to wrap text around images that sit between columns. Now you can, too. Daniel Frommelt takes us where no web layout has gone before.

"Cross-Column Pull-Outs: A List Apart"

"Cross-Column Pull-Outs: A List Apart" 12/24/2004 01:00 PM

Designing with CSS – Part 4: Creating
a Two-Column Layout in Dreamweaver

Designing with CSS – Part 4: Creating
a Two-Column Layout in Dreamweaver 12/17/2004 06:35 PM
Modify the layout of your design by easily making dramatic structural changes to your page.

Developing Custom PHP Extensions: Part 1

Developing Custom PHP Extensions: Part 1 07/21/2002 01:21 AM
Ever wanted to add your own custom functionality to PHP? In this series of articles Igal will teach us how to do just that using the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler in Windows.      Enhancing Developer Productivity with Office XP // by James Baker - 18th Jul 2002

CSS Design: Creating Custom Corners
Borders Part II

CSS Design: Creating Custom Corners
Borders Part II 03/06/2004 01:52 AM
Part I showed how to create fluid, dynamic CSS layouts with customized borders and corners. Part II advances to the next level, extending the technique to work with more complicated backgrounds such as gradients and patterns.

[waraxe-2004-SA#016 - Cross-Site
Scripting aka XSS in phpnuke 6.x-7.2
part 3]

[waraxe-2004-SA#016 - Cross-Site
Scripting aka XSS in phpnuke 6.x-7.2
part 3] 04/13/2004 12:43 AM
Janek Vind (Apr 12 2004)

OOo Off the Wall: Fielding Questions,
Part 2 - Cross References and
User-Defined Fields

OOo Off the Wall: Fielding Questions,
Part 2 - Cross References and
User-Defined Fields 03/14/2005 05:25 PM
Tips and workarounds to get you through the sometimes frustrating process of creating cross-references in Writer documents.

John Lautner's Chemosphere: part
Jetsons, part Bond and vintage L.A.
Modern.

John Lautner's Chemosphere: part
Jetsons, part Bond and vintage L.A.
Modern. 04/07/2005 12:53 PM
The most modern home built in the world. "From the outside it looks like a spaceship you cannot enter. But if you go inside, it feels very cozy… very Zen and calming. Maybe because you are floating above the city, in the sky". John Lautner's Chemosphere residence is the product of a fortuitous union of architect, client, time and place. Leonard Malin was a young aerospace engineer in late-1950s L.A. whose father-in-law had just given him a plot north of Mulholland Drive, near Laurel Canyon. The only catch: at roughly 45 degrees, the slope was all but unbuildable. Lautner sketched a bold vertical line, a cross, and a curve above it. "Draw it up," he told his assistant. Now publisher Benedik t Taschen owns Chemosphere (NSFW), and after 20 years of neglect the house has been beautifully restored (.pdf) by Frank Escher.

Part Butler and Part Buddy, Aide Keeps
Kerry Running

Part Butler and Part Buddy, Aide Keeps
Kerry Running 04/28/2004 12:17 AM
Marvin Nicholson Jr. is the man literally behind Senator John Kerry, ready with an uncapped bottle of water whenever Mr. Kerry's throat runs dry.

New Form of Internet Fiction is Part
Story, Part Game

New Form of Internet Fiction is Part
Story, Part Game 06/05/2005 10:52 PM
Internet startup City of IF today launched a web site dedicated to “storygaming” – a new form of storytelling over the Web. Storygaming is a unique combination of storytelling and computer games in which players cooperatively play characters in a story guided by a human author. [PRWEB Jun 2, 2005]

"column"

"column" 11/16/2003 05:08 PM

Pull it together

Pull it together 12/17/2004 06:42 PM
It shakes me that something as prosaic and taken for granted as a paper clip was once an innovation. Someone actually invented it. It revolutionized. It evolved. At one point, it became a political symbol strong enough to warrant arrest. Eventually, it became something so ho-hum that it could be artistic, profound. In short, it became indispensable -- er, ubiquitous. Before I die, I would like to visit a paper clip factory.

Pull Your What!?

Pull Your What!? 04/10/2004 06:02 PM
Always known for putting humorous spin on our favorite Star Wars characters, Hot Topic is now offering up this soon to be classic tee of the Clone War's greatest warrior. Perfect for lounging around the house, or a quiet day at Celebration III, be sure to order yours today... er, maybe not. Thanks to Jawamonkey for the heads up.

"Sunday column"

"Sunday column" 01/03/2005 05:15 PM

"in Molly's column"

"in Molly's column" 03/25/2005 06:44 AM

whole column for the lowdown

whole column for the lowdown 09/11/2004 03:36 AM

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Read the column

Read the column 06/17/2005 03:19 PM
CIO Jun 15 2005 10:37PM GMT

Eight column inches cut

Eight column inches cut 03/30/2005 01:12 AM
Im bedded backdoor reporter - I like it below the fold! AMERICAblog is soliciting suggestions for protest signs to commemorate the national Press Club's panel on blogging and journalism. Dirty cracks abound. Surely some of our resident wits can add to the ribaldry. (NSFW)

"column on bl0ggers"

"column on bl0ggers" 11/04/2003 04:10 AM

Text-Column-0.05

Text-Column-0.05 04/29/2004 04:29 PM

gist of the column

gist of the column 01/18/2004 11:34 PM
What you get .. Maureen Dowd

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"today's column"

"today's column" 01/12/2004 02:57 AM

Another Column to Cringe About

Another Column to Cringe About 01/17/2004 11:07 PM
Bob Cringely writes a follow-up column about his WhyFi idea, this time spelling out the impractical details more impractically: Cringely comes clean with the details of his WhyFi idea to spread free Wi-Fi hotspots nationwide. I ripped apart his previous column because it was long on bad ideas, short on execution strategies. He expects that every participant in the project who offers free Wi-Fi will eat the bandwidth bill in exchange for free equipment, which will be loaned not given to them. Only those providing hotspots get free access to the network. (Original business models of Joltage [dead], SOHOWireless [apparently dead], and Sputnik [now an enterprise software developer].) The free hotspots will apparently be part of a nationwide authentication network that will only allow members of this club to get in for free. Otherwise, users are charged for use. Cringely estimates the cost of a million hotspots at $150 million. He suggests someone underwrite this project to make a pile of money. So now I can tell you exactly why this idea doesn't work, especially now that he's dropped the whole part from his first column about requiring special firmware or MAC filtering. Hotspots cost more than $150 each. As I noted in my response to his first column, Cringely has magically eliminated the overhead costs for running a national network with a database of legitimate users. There's no dollars in here for running the backend, shipping out products, helping with installation (even by phone), dealing with customer/technical support ("my account doesn't work," "the hotspot is dead"). I would estimate given his plan that the cost per location for a million locations is about $300 per location for a single access point (which many won't be; see below), and about $20 to $50 per month for all of the associated support. More likely, the support costs are about $10 per month per free user on the network. It could cost more to support the paid users, and Cringely doesn't postulate a payment. Hotspots aren't a single access point and you can't put them just anywhere. If you exclude homes and coffeeshops and a few small retail establishments, locations that have value and lots of traffic control their spectrum and require expensive or at least complicated, multi-AP installations. A mall or an airport can prevent tenants or airlines from installing APs. This is an ongoing battle right now in airports. Arbitrary...

today's column

today's column 01/11/2004 07:09 PM
about Turkey .. Tom Friedman .. To wit

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Worthwhile mag column

Worthwhile mag column 06/17/2005 04:25 PM
I write a column for Worthwhile magazine and occasionally blog there as well. The magazine has posted a pdf of my column in the current issue; it's on why "Don't be evil" doesn't do much for me as a slogan. Hey, I just realized that in the photo of me, they airbrushed out my moles! I knew I looked funny! [Technorati tags: worthwhilemag marketing]...

NewsForge as you like it, one column or
two

NewsForge as you like it, one column or
two 12/19/2003 03:43 PM
You can now choose several different ways to view NewsForge. The default will continute to be the single-column "narrow" layout you see if you're not logged in (or if you're logged in and don't know how to change it), but you can now have a two-column layout if you like, with NewsVac links appearing at the top of your main page, next to our own features. And there are other things you can customize, too.

Here's Dowd's column

Here's Dowd's column 01/18/2004 08:08 AM
what makes them angry .. Meow, b*tch.....Meow .. MoDo

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"Pull My Finger"

"Pull My Finger" 06/05/2004 04:19 AM

Push vs. Pull

Push vs. Pull 04/11/2005 02:29 PM
Online media distribution can mean getting what you want when you want it. Satellite radio and online music are putting the power of choice back in consumers' hands where it belongs.

BOFH on the pull

BOFH on the pull 11/07/2003 07:39 AM
Episode 27 Coo er gosh, I luv gurls

"PBS | I, Cringely . Archived Column"

"PBS | I, Cringely . Archived Column" 12/02/2003 12:28 AM

"outstanding column by George Will"

"outstanding column by George Will" 05/04/2004 09:00 PM

"Paul Krugman?s column"

"Paul Krugman?s column" 06/29/2004 08:19 PM

Dan Gillmor's last Merc column

Dan Gillmor's last Merc column 01/02/2005 01:44 PM
Cory Doctorow: Dan Gillmor's final column in the San Jose Mercury News runs today, marking the end of a ten-year career in reporting on tech journalism -- Dan's leaving to start a company that will enable "grassroots journalism," capitalizing on a trend that he's very parrionate about. The final column is a lovely bittersweet end to an amazing run.

And, as always, the people and institutions currently holding the clout don't cede it willingly. Governments are clamping down on us in all kinds of ways. Incumbent business powerhouses are trying to hold back the tide as well, not just to keep their positions but also to thwart new innovation that might threaten them.

These reactionary encroachments and retrenchments are not surprising. They always occur in times of swift change and challenge. In the end, they are almost always unsuccessful, because progress ultimately finds a way around barriers, and because people challenge the reactionaries.

But we need to keep the pressure up, as citizens and people who want the freedom to use these new tools and live in liberty. The stakes are high, and liberty takes work.

Link (via Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism)

A Final Newspaper Column, and My Thanks

A Final Newspaper Column, and My Thanks 01/02/2005 02:09 PM

(This is also my final Sunday column in the San Jose Mercury News.) Wow, what a ride. I moved to Silicon Valley a little over 10 years ago. I've been constantly amazed by what has happened here since then -- a furious rush of innovation and change. I'm not smart or wise enough to predict in any detail what will happen in the next decade. But I'm certain that, as always, it'll be interesting, because innovation and change are still the coins of this realm. It didn't take long to learn what made Silicon Valley so special. The combination of attributes was unequaled: the great research universities, an astonishing collection of talent, a pool of investors with enormous sums at their disposal and an ingrained culture of risk-taking. (The weather's nice, too.) The willingness -- no, eagerness -- to take risks has always been the valley's most special quality. In most places, business failure leaves an indelible career stain. Here, failure is often seen as an education, provided one fails the right way, which is to say not stupidly or sleazily. The rise and fall of Apple's fascinating but flawed Newton handheld computer, for example, helped spark the Palm Pilot, the true breakthrough in the genre. I won't forget the shiver of excitement I and others in a crowd of tech executives and journalists felt when we saw the first Palm on the 1996 Demo conference stage. We don't think of the Apple iPod or today's ever-smarter mobile phones as more modern handheld computers, but they are. They're also a result of the valley's relentless progress. The chips powering not just PCs but all kinds of everyday objects are making everything more intelligent. Even faster advances in storage mean that all these intelligent things are gaining memory. And the advent of faster data networks -- still retarded by cable and phone companies, unfortunately -- means that we're connecting it all. Those intelligent connections are bringing vast capabilities to the people at the edges of networks. The long-range importance of early Internet file-sharing was not the potential for copyright infringement. It was the heightened ability of everyday people to inform and help each other. Along the way, we went through the bubble years, a time when greed totally superseded all other principles and values. The prevailing Wall Street attitude, which also pervaded the valley, was sickening. When what's acceptable is what you can get away with, society has turned rancid. The bubble's deflation was hellish for those who became collateral damage. But it was useful in reminding us that even in such a fast-changing world, a few tried-and-true principles, economic and otherwise, still applied. In the past several years the valley has returned, in part, to useful roots. Innovation and building great companies matter as much to entrepreneurs as scoring big financially. And everywhere I look, I see innovation. But I also see competition where it didn't exist before. The rest of the world has learned some of the valley's lessons and can provide much of what we do here at a lower cost. This is the harsh dynamism of the modern world at work. The fact that other regions are rising economically is positive overall, even if it's not the best news locally. As noted, I'm not smart enough to tell you what's coming in any specific way. But we can look together at the trends and imagine some of what might be, if all goes well. We will see breathtaking leaps in medicine, environmental protection, and a variety of materials sciences and manufacturing processes. We can thank advances in biotechnology and the emerging field of nanotechnology. Information technology is at the heart of both as a tool, and it will remain so. The Internet and its progeny are still early in their development, meanwhile. The Net is nowhere near as universal as it will be when we enter an age of what some call ubiquitous computing, but the outlines of its value are obvious today. For example, all media will eventually move around the world in little digital packages, called packets, that are the basic units of tomorrow's communications. The importance of this -- in decimating old businesses while improving most people's lives -- has not been sufficiently appreciated. The risks are growing, too. When the ability to do great things spreads away from the center, so does the ability to do massively dangerous things. The power of one fanatic or small group to create incalculable damage -- assuming we don't do it simply by mistake -- should worry everyone. But we should not allow that concern to stifle progress. And, as always, the people and institutions currently holding the clout don't cede it willingly. Governments are clamping down on us in all kinds of ways. Incumbent business powerhouses are trying to hold back the tide as well, not just to keep their positions but also to thwart new innovation that might threaten them. These reactionary encroachments and retrenchments are not surprising. They always occur in times of swift change and challenge. In the end, they are almost always unsuccessful, because progress ultimately finds a way around barriers, and because people challenge the reactionaries. But we need to keep the pressure up, as citizens and people who want the freedom to use these new tools and live in liberty. The stakes are high, and liberty takes work. This is my last column for the Mercury News. Starting tomorrow, I'll embark on a new adventure, a project to help bring online grass-roots journalism to more people and communities. I leave a job that has been a constant challenge in the best sense, often an outright joy. I leave colleagues whom I like and admire. But this opportunity, to help create something truly new and valuable, is too exciting not to try. During these past 10 years I've enjoyed a privileged, front-row seat -- not on a roller coaster, even if it occasionally seemed that way, but a vehicle of exploration. I'm grateful for the opportunity to have taken this fantastic ride. Mostly, though, I'm grateful to you. This has always been about you, the people who read what I write. I've tried to be on your side. Even when you've disagreed with me, you've been on my side in a vital way. You've challenged me to think deeply about technology and the larger issues we must all ponder and deal with in this complex era. You've always known more than I do, and I'm fortunate that you haven't been shy about telling me. Our conversation -- which I hope we'll continue as my new project gets under way -- has been a constant source of inspiration. If it's meant something to you, that pleases me more than I can say. Thank you all.

New York Times column

New York Times column 05/24/2004 03:55 PM
Frank Rich piece

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Maureen Dowd's column

Maureen Dowd's column 01/11/2004 07:57 AM
just cold

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"Here's a screenshot of the original
column"

"Here's a screenshot of the original
column" 11/02/2003 09:45 PM

David Brooks's column

David Brooks's column 06/20/2004 06:44 AM
among other things .. Brooks .. not

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Getting equal-height columns in a
three-column layout

Getting equal-height columns in a
three-column layout 08/02/2004 11:43 AM
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Klings's Korollaries 

Suits and Geeks is Arnold Kling's latest, and a complement to World of Ends.

Arnold lists Five Clues for Geeks:

Intermediaries add value Property is not evil Computer animation is not a killer application Bashing Microsoft does not make you smart Markets are not exploitative

Lots to talk about there.

A question 

So I've been talking to some companies here in Toronto, and a question has comed up for which I don't have a ready answer:

What companies blog?

Specifically, what companies maintain corporate blogs, either as home pages or as main features of their Web sites? I'm not in the best position to check, but maybe ya'll can help a little. It would be a good list to come up with in any case (if there isn't one already).

[Later...] Some answers have been coming in:

Macromedia has a bunch (see the list on the left) of blogging executives (e.g. Kevin Lynch, who writes helpfully about working at the company, among other things). Its site also has lots of product forums.

Jupiter Research, which links every analyst's weblog (there are eleven) from the home page. Jupiter also hosts ClickZ Weblog Business Strategies, a conference held in Boston this June. Dave, Davi d and other leading local bloggers will speak there. (How about more links in the brochure pages, hmm?)

Groove (though Ray seems to be awol... hope he gets back into the groove, pun intended).

Trellis (Dan blogs).

Starpoint (the home page is a blog).

Immunexa, which hasn't had a post since last November.

Still a pretty short list.

Other good news 

When I got back to my hotel room last night, the bellman had just deliverd my missing bag. It had been retained by Canadian Customs and delivered, oddly, by Fedex.

And the laptop has only crashed once this morning. I still miss the days when I could open a shell, run an uptime command and see that it's been going for weeks without a reboot. But the way things have been going lately, ten minutes is a miracle I can put to good use.

Happy Birthday, Mom! 

My mother is 90 years young today. She was born on March 13, 1913 into a Swedish family on the North Dakota prairie during the reign of Taft the Large.

Lots of people have issues with their mothers. I'm not one of them. When I woke up a few minutes ago, the first song in my mind was Paul Simon's Loves me Like a Rock. The second was Greg Brown's Cheapest Kind, which I heard once on A Prairie Home Companion. The chorus has stuck in my mind ever since:

But the love, the love, the love It was not the cheapest kind It was rich as, rich as rich as, rich as Any you could ever find

Mom has always been, and contintues to be, the richest source of love I have ever known. She's a human pipeline, running straight from God.

She's also smart as a whip, funny as a tickle and uncomplicated as a bowling ball. Her laugh can lift the darkest spirit.

As a kid she was so smart they put her ahead one grade. Friends called her "The Walking Dictionary." A couple years ago she heard me mention Google, and said "A Googol is an infinitely large number." That wasn't exactly right (it's a one followed by a hundred zeroes), but close enough. When my sister and I were kids she taught school (mostly third grade) in Maywood, New Jersey, our home town. She started teaching when she was eighteen in a one-room schoolhouse in North Dakota. Between those years she lived an adventurous life. Met my father (another adventurer) in Alaska during World War II.

We'll be throwing her a big party in North Carolina in a couple of weeks. Can't wait to be there.

[Later...] Mom just told me on the phone that she wasn't put ahead a grade, but rather put in first grade at age five. "My mother couldn't stand having me at home any more. I was too smart. But so were a bunch of other kids." Her best friend, Agatha, was one of those kids. They're still in touch. Mom has always called Agatha by her nickname, which is (no kidding) "Boogie."

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Current U.S. Nuclear Spending Equal to
Height of Cold War

Current U.S. Nuclear Spending Equal to
Height of Cold War 04/27/2004 08:21 PM
Slate reports that the United States is currently spending $6.5 billion dollars a year on nuclear arms. Adjusted for inflation, this number is only equalled by spending during the Reagan Era at the Height of the Cold War. The Bush Administration is requesting a record high of $6.8 billion for next year.

HTML Tip: Making a Wild Card Column
Width

HTML Tip: Making a Wild Card Column
Width 11/30/2002 12:30 AM
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MacUpdate offers Members custom layout
columns

MacUpdate offers Members custom layout
columns 06/18/2004 04:53 AM
The popular software update site MacUpdate has announced additional features free to its Members...

3 column, fluid center, css layout is no
longer the 'holy grail'

3 column, fluid center, css layout is no
longer the 'holy grail' 02/01/2005 10:00 PM
Continuing on my anti-CSS rant - 3 columns, with fixed-width left and right and a fluid center column, are ofter...

min-height

min-height 04/25/2004 04:38 PM

I have implemented support for min-height and max-height. The footers example on alistapart works now. I've also been fixing bugs with table cells and percentage height children, so that elements inside cells with percentage heights will flex properly.

I still haven't done min/max-width/height for positioned elements though. That's all that remains, and then support for it will be complete.

Height matters

Height matters 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
News and Observer: a new University of Florida study concludes that short people may be shortchanged in salary, status and respect when compared to taller counterparts.

min-height: fixed;

min-height: fixed; 09/16/2004 12:51 PM

After one too many times wistfully wishing I could scale fixed-size elements according to their content in a cross-browser friendly way, I did something about it. Presenting min-height, without the min-height.

The correlations between height, health
and prosperity

The correlations between height, health
and prosperity 03/19/2005 02:51 AM
and why Europeans are taller than Americans.

He's short on height but tall on issues

He's short on height but tall on issues 11/19/2003 02:05 PM
Who wants to marry a Kucinich? "I think we're in a day in age when partnerships are imperative to making anything happening in the world. And I certainly want a dynamic, out-spoken woman who was fearless in her desire for peace in the world and for universal single-payer health care and a full employment economy. If you are out there call me." -- Dennis Kucinich, Nov 5, 2003

Height a Pain for Ukraine's 'Gulliver'
(AP)

Height a Pain for Ukraine's 'Gulliver'
(AP) 04/17/2004 12:37 PM
AP - At age 33, Leonid Stadnik wishes he would stop growing. He's already 8 feet, 4 inches. Recent measurements show that Stadnik is already 7 inches taller than Radhouane Charbib of Tunisia, listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest living man. He's also gaining on the 8-11 Robert Wadlow, the tallest man in history.

Readers respond to Firefox column

Readers respond to Firefox column 02/06/2005 01:08 AM
Column titled "Business Must Be Cautious With Firefox" generates reader response.

Study limits maximum tree height

Study limits maximum tree height 04/21/2004 03:34 PM
The tallest any tree could grow would be about 130m, say scientists who have climbed into the tops of the world's biggest redwoods.

At Height of Everest's Climbing Season,
4 Deaths and Record Ascent

At Height of Everest's Climbing Season,
4 Deaths and Record Ascent 05/22/2004 12:40 AM
Mount Everest claimed the lives of four foreign climbers, while a Nepali Sherpa shaved two and a half hours off the ascent record.

Minz Meyer's Researchkitchen - CSS -
Auto-height and margin-collapsing

Minz Meyer's Researchkitchen - CSS -
Auto-height and margin-collapsing 07/31/2004 03:34 AM
Minz Meyer: CSS - Auto-height and margin-collapsing .. clear and well illustrated explanation

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Tender: Ordnance Survey needs supplier
of digital terrain model height data

Tender: Ordnance Survey needs supplier
of digital terrain model height data 06/30/2004 03:13 AM
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Cross-Column Pull-Out Part Two: Custom Silhouettes

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